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Kingdoms and Classes: Classification

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Classification

Kingdoms and Classes


Objective:
Classification is sorting out all organisms into
groups according to the similarities between
them.
Organisms are divided into two main kingdoms:
the animal kingdom and the plant kingdom
which in turn can further be divided until
species level is reached

Animals

Jellyfish, worms, arthropods, molluscs,


echinoderms, amphibians, fish,
reptiles, birds and mammals.
Seed bearing plants and non-seed
bearing plants

Plants
Organisms

Prokaryotes

Protists

Fungi

Bacteria and primitive algae

Single-celled organisms

Moulds, mushrooms and toadstools

Animals

Vertebrates

Invertebrates

Mammals

Vertebrates

Have body hair or fur


Have mammary glands that produce milk
Warm blooded

Fish
Vertebrates
Live in water
Breathe with gills
Streamlined bodies
Have cartilage or bony skeleton
Cold blooded
Mostly lay eggs

Reptiles

Vertebrates

Have dry, scaly skins


Egg laying
Breathe with lungs
Cold blooded

Amphibians

Vertebrates
Moist skin
Lay their eggs in water
Larvae have gills and live in water
Adults have lungs and live on land
Cold blooded

Birds

Vertebrates
Have feathers and wings
Lay eggs with hard shells
Breathe with lungs
Warm blooded

Animals

Vertebrates

Invertebrates

Invertebrates

Cnidarians

Hollow bodied
Mouth is the only body opening and
is surrounded by tentacles
Uses sting cells to paralyse prey

Invertebrates

Flatworms

Flat thin bodies


Digestive system has only one opening
Animals are both male and females
Mostly parasites

Invertebrates

True Worms

Rounded bodied
Bodies made of segments

Invertebrates

Molluscs

Not segmented
Body in three continuous parts
with head, body and foot
Have one or two shells

Invertebrates

Echinoderms

Spiny skinned
Body in five parts
Central mouth with respiratory gills

Invertebrates

Arthropods

Crustaceans

Hard exo-sekeleton on outside


of body
Has eyes and mouth
Body divided into more than
one segment
Centipedes
Arachnids
Insects
&
Millipedes

Animals

Vertebrates
Mammals
Fish

Invertebrates
Cnidarians
Flatworms

True worms

Reptiles

Molluscs

Amphibians

Echinoderms

Birds

Arthropods

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